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Rejoice My Tongan Brothers and Sisters! You Will Soon Be Rid of Your Ridiculous Royal Family & You Can Now Save Yourselves

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While inspirational leaders like President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives islands: And President Anote Tong of the island nation of Kiribati -. - Ahhhh, the good old days. Thankfully the Tongan pe0ple no longer have to depend on the King or any of the royal family for their future because their day is done and democracy is coming to Tonga.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The last official UNFCCC meeting prior to the 15 th Congress ended 6 November in Barcelona, and environment ministers have been shuttling in and out of Copenhagen since then to conduct ad hoc negotiations prior to the summit. ” —Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed. ºF) increase. Earlier post.)

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Island states like the Maldives and Grenada argue that a 2 °C target, which is considered by many scientists to be the safe upper limit for warming, will still result in a high enough sea-level rise to wipe them from existence. The Chinese can promise to do this because they’re modernizing their economy.